On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M <henry95 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>> Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the
> load
> average on top/uptime is actually displaying?
Load average is "average number of processes in the run queue" for the 1,
5, and 15 minute intervals. If you have a quad core CPU a 4.00 load
average means you've been keeping the CPU busy at 100%.
Does that make sense?
Regards,
Mark